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T.J. Hughes Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-11-09 Country: Canada
Signed Professionally

Set Commitment

NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2018-19 — OJHL 1 2 0 2 2.000 0.6008 0.6546 1.3690 1.4915
2019-20 — AJHL 58 13 23 36 0.621 0.2059 0.2059 0.5753 0.5753
2020-21 — AJHL 20 15 16 31 1.550 0.5143 0.5143 1.4365 1.4365
2021-22 — AJHL 60 66 61 127 2.117 0.7023 0.6653 1.9618 1.8586
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow
College Seasons (Historical)
Season School Div Conference Year GP G A Pts PPG
2025-26 Michigan D1 BigTen SR 40 22 35 57 1.425
2024-25 Michigan D1 BigTen JR 36 15 23 38 1.056
2023-24 Michigan D1 BigTen SO 41 19 29 48 1.171
2022-23 Michigan D1 BigTen FR 39 13 23 36 0.923
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.62
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.92
2022-23 · Michigan
+50.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
35%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Kyle Novak
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.20 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.68 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Mike Szmatula
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.21 PPG
→ Northeastern (1.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.68 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Michael Vecchione
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Union (0.89 D1 FR PPG)
0.55 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Dominik Shine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.90 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Average
NCAAe PPG
Luc Gerdes
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.58 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Travis Janke
Norwich · 2009-10
1.258 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Nicolas Pigeon
Wisconsin-Stout · 2022-23
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Collin Patterson
UMass Dartmouth · 2022-23
1.125 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.